Mom just sarcastically said "it's better to stay home for the holidays", on the last day she frantically took her child out to play.

Ms. Tran Hoai Suong, in Tan Phu, Ho Chi Minh City, plans to spend the 5-day April 30 holiday at home "relaxing", with activities such as sleeping, reading, eating...

On the first day before the holiday, Ms. Suong posted online: "It's better to stay home during the holiday, why waste money bathing in each other's urine?" with a photo of people crowding to bathe in the sea, as if to confirm that staying at home is the smartest choice.

Parents in Ho Chi Minh City take their children to the forest to play on the occasion of April 30 (Photo: Hoai Phong).

Many people have the same choice and point of view as Ms. Suong, who liked and commented, "Stay home and watch others get healed", "Stay home and turn on the air conditioner to watch rich people crowd and fight for bathing spots", "Go get healed and become crippled"...

On the third day of the holiday, Ms. Phuong's two children began to feel lethargic and depressed, spending all day just going in and out of the small house, at most going for a walk or going out to buy some food.

Besides reading, playing freely, and cooking, Ms. Suong admitted that her children watch TV and play games a lot and they also complain of boredom. Her husband is also bored when staying at home a lot, so he hangs out at his friends' houses drinking and fishing. At first, he was against staying home for 5 days during the holiday, but he didn't argue with his wife, so he found his own entertainment, leaving the three of them free.

Looking at her children's moods, Ms. Suong realized that for adults, there might be nothing like staying at home, but for children who are full of energy and exploration , "staying home for 5 days is too miserable, too pitiful."

Children catch mussels at a stream in Ba Ria-Vung Tau (Photo: Hoai Phong).

To make up for her mistake with her children, early in the morning of the fourth day of the holiday, Ms. Suong told her two children: "Get ready, we're going on a trip for 2-3 days." Her two children screamed with joy and jumped around on the bed.

That image made Ms. Suong realize that she had imposed her own needs and thoughts on her children, forgetting their natural needs. It might not only be going out but also many other issues in life, from eating, studying, sleeping, entertainment... for a long time, children have had to follow their parents' needs.

Ms. Suong said she took her two children to bathe in the stream and wade through the forest at Suoi Rao (Chau Duc district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), a natural location not too far from the city and not too crowded.

The three of us plan to stay until May 2nd. Ms. Suong asked for a day off from work and the child asked for an extra day off from school to play and avoid traffic jams.

"Adults often say "why do children play tirelessly?" Now I understand that children have a lot of energy to explore and discover the world . On the contrary, adults are lazy to exercise, lazy to think and often calculate gains and losses," said Ms. Suong.

Not only did she understand her child a little more, she also confessed that she used to mock people who crowded around to go out or go back to their hometowns during the holidays as "foolish", while she was "smarter" and chose to stay home for her own health.

However, now she understands that if it weren't for the holidays when her children were off school and her parents were off work, it wouldn't be easy to take trips together.

Children have many needs and energy to experience and explore the outside world (Photo: Hoai Phong).

Everyone is busy on weekdays, but when the children have summer vacation, parents still have to go to work. Even during Tet holiday, parents are busy worrying about money, gifts, lucky money, internal communication, cooking, preparing food… and do not really spend time with their children.

"I also learned a lesson to be less critical of others. When going somewhere, everyone wants reasonable costs and a spacious place to stay. However, not everything you want is possible. Even if everyone is crowded together to go out and swim, it cannot be a reason for you to criticize," Ms. Suong reflected and quietly removed her previous post "Stay home for good".

Ms. Le Thi Phuong Em, in Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City, shared that raising her children focuses on two things: "reading" and "going". "Reading" is reading books, reading about how to behave, reading to understand yourself and others. "Going" is stepping out of the space you live in to gain more knowledge, understanding, discovery and especially to avoid being "a frog at the bottom of a well".

Reading, children can read at home, read all year round, read every day. As for traveling, you have to take advantage of the holidays because only then can the whole family have a vacation together. Families who can take the initiative with their time can go anytime, but the majority of workers just wait for the holidays.

Children mingling in front of the sea in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan (Photo: Hoai Phong).

According to Ms. Phuong Em, that is also the reason why many families have to spend expensive expenses, have difficulty traveling, and even have to squeeze in during the holidays.

Personally, I can stay at home for months or years without going out, but since having children, I remind myself to be more diligent and go out more often.

"Every holiday, when I go online, I often see many people criticizing, mocking, and even defaming those who go out during this time. I may stay home, but that doesn't mean I'm smarter than others or have the right to criticize those who make different choices than me.

I always teach my children not to criticize or mock others because their needs are different from mine," said Ms. Phuong.

Parents play with their children at the beach (Photo: Hoai Phong).

Not only this holiday, in the upcoming summer days, Ms. Phuong Em also plans to take a few days off to take her child on a trip from the South to the North by train.

The mother said: "You are still young, you still want to go, you want to go with your parents, but when you are a little older, it is not easy for them to go with you. When you grow up, have your own life, and your parents are old, it will be even more difficult."

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/an-sinh/me-vua-mia-mai-le-o-nha-cho-lanh-ngay-cuoi-cuong-cuong-dat-con-di-choi-20240501071734021.htm